NFL running back Adrian Peterson’s recent arrest for allegedly abusing his four-year-old son has once again sparked the debate over whether spanking is an appropriate form of discipline. Though some ...

A Missouri school district recently announced that it will be instituting corporal punishment option for students, but parents must approve of the disciplinary action. The Cassville School District ...

A school district in southwest Missouri adopted an opt-in policy this school year allowing corporal punishment of students “only in reasonable form” and when “all other alternative means of discipline ...

An interim study has been approved to study the “effectiveness of properly administered corporal punishment.” The lawmaker behind the idea says he wants to ensure school districts in the state still ...

Oklahoma lawmakers discussed on Monday whether corporal punishment is an asset to school discipline, but a coalition of child advocates called for the state to ban public schools from inflicting ...

However, when they go too far, many believe a teacher or daycare worker should step in and use disciplinary action by way of a slap on the wrist or spanking. But how far can they legally go? And is it ...

A school district in Missouri is giving parents the option of allowing it to administer corporal punishment to their children. The Cassville R-IV School District, in southwest Missouri near the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Kentucky Board of Education approved a regulation Wednesday setting new safeguards on using corporal punishment in public schools. Four Kentucky school districts – Bell ...

State lawmakers are studying "the effectiveness of properly administered corporal punishment." The study, held Monday afternoon, was led by Representative Jim Olsen, who says he wants to ensure that ...

Corporal punishment is still on the books in Missouri and used in some schools. The practice is from an earlier era, rooted ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – George Gainer professes to be something of an expert in the matter of corporal punishment. "I got my butt beat about every 15 minutes coming up," he said. Gainer was raised ...

Missouri schools allow corporal punishment by parents. Yes, archaic, but I assure you that it does happen. In our state, at least 123 school districts allow it to be administered to students, if it is ...